The two best 3-point shooters during the 2023-24 season both played their college basketball in Durham.
Grayson Allen and Luke Kennard finished as the two most accurate 3-point shooters this past season.
Allen, who played for the Phoenix Suns, connected on 46.1% of his attempts. Kennard, a member of the Memphis Grizzlies, made 45.0% of his looks.
Both former Duke stars balanced their consistency with volume, too. Allen averaged 5.9 3-point attempts per game and Kennard averaged 6.1. Only two other players in the league finished above 43% while averaging at least five 3-point attempts per game.
Kennard played in only 39 games for the Grizzlies, but he averaged 25.6 minutes over those appearances. Allen averaged 33.5 minutes across 75 games for Phoenix.
The two played together at Cameron Indoor Stadium, too. Allen’s career started during the 2014-15 season before wrapping up as a senior in 2017-18. Kennard joined the program one year after Allen in 2015-16, but he left for the NBA after his sophomore year in 2017.
Quick reminder that 2 Blue Devils led the NBA in 3pt FG% this year
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Allen’s Suns made the playoffs, but they lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the opening round.